“Once ingested, the eggs hatch and live in your intestines. The tapeworm’s head adheres to the intestine wall and the segments of the body, called proglottids, grow as it feeds off the food ...

No matter how bad things might seem, at least you haven't accidentally eaten fox poop and developed an insidious tapeworm ...

Tapeworms, for instance. These parasitic flatworms already don't have the best reputation, due to, well, their parasitic nature and general proclivity for living inside human intestines.

“Humans are not infected by the adult tapeworms within the dog, but instead ingest Echinococcus eggs passed in dog feces by ...

In mice with human Merkel cell carcinoma, pyrvinium pamoate significantly reduced tumor growth, potentially offering a new ...

Among the museum's selection of parasites is an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm recovered intact from a hapless diner’s intestine. Toshiaki Kuramochi, the museum director, explains how its main ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the Cryptosporidium parasite exports a protein into infected ...

One is a newly described species, Nybelina enterika ("enter" is Greek and refers to the intestine ... When tested, the parasites were not found in squid raised in aquaculture.

"The best way to prevent your cat from being infected with intestinal parasites is by limiting their exposure to outside, where stray cats and wildlife may contaminate the environment," Arndt says.

Intestinal parasites, commonly known as worms, are microscopic organisms that live inside your dog and silently cause harm. The most common types include roundworms, tapeworms, and hookworms.